Re: class and pictures from database

Ok. You can't embed an image in a HTML file ( see caveat below) . All an HTML file can contain is HTML markup. All images have to be as the result of some kind of reference and a separate HTTP request. So, you have two choices 1) The "getimage.php?id=" method that you referred to Advantages: Clean 2) Writing the image to a temporary file and Advantages: Probably faster in your case and conceptually simpler Disadvantage: Figuring out how to delete all those damn temporary

                 files at some point

The caveat is that there IS a way to write out images using HTML and CSS ( I think - there was a thread about a "Kewl Script" a week or two back that described it ) but I think it is likely highly inefficient. Personally, I would go with the getimage.php method. Brian At 23:13 9/10/2001 +0200, Mitja Pagon wrote:

Hi! I have a class that is used for getting news from the database. Each property of the class relates to a field in the database. One of those fields is a BLOB that contains a picture. How do I get that picture shown on the page?? If i just echo the property I get a bunch of wierd charachters(image string). Also using the ImageCreateFromString doesn't seem to work. I've tried the "getimage.php?id=" method, but I don't like the fact that I have to access the database again, since I already got the picture from the database using the object. I hope any of this makes any sense :), I'm kind of new to PHP. Thanks, Mitja -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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